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- 3y
- Date posted
- 3y
I hate this too š I can't even look at Instagram or even watch ads that come up because my brain always picks out something small in every post or ad to make an intrusive thought about to ruin my life...I can't do anything I love anymore without my stupid messed up brain ruining everything
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- 3y
I'm just trying to help by saying maybe not getting on those sites might help. I don't use any social media except texts. I found that always looking at my phone tends to make me anxiety worse. To tell you the truth, I don't miss it at all
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- 3y
Same! I couldnāt go on tiktok or Instagram for awhile but Iāve read that avoiding your fears and forming your life around trying to avoid them at all costs makes it harder to move past them, your brain will pick up that whatever it is that triggers you is labeled ābadā and that will immediately send signals to your brain like a fight or flight signal and you will automatically respond with fear. We have to try and live our lives not accommodating to the ocd we canāt let it control our lives, we have more control than we think itās all about how we respond to our triggers and what we see online, there will always be stuff that triggers our ocd and thatās a big thing is learning acceptance, when we see something triggering try and acknowledge it and sit with discomfort that it brings and go about what you were doing before you saw it, it cannot harm you or hurt you no matter what your brain is telling you:( it is so hard at first and it wonāt always feel like an easy option might even feel impossible to do but it is possible! You got this <3
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I canāt stop crying. My thoughts are going insane, theyāre so fast I canāt keep up. I want to tell everyone around me whatās happening (my family doesnāt even know about my OCD). I canāt seem to resist compulsions today. Iām freaking out. I want to give up. I feel like Iām suffocating in whatever is going on. I feel like I need to go to a hospital. I donāt know how to ask for help. I donāt feel okay. I donāt understand this at all. It feels like I took some random drug. Iām really scared Iām sorry, I am so panicked. Itās embarrassing but I feel so desperate for help right now I feel crazy
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- 20w
Idk if this post is even worth it but it seemed like a normal day for me, called off work due to the weather so I get to just stay home and play games all day. Easy day besides dealing with the constant and unbearable battle with my intrusive thoughts/feelings. Took a shower and I just had constant thoughts, (heart palpitations are pretty constant) ended up breaking down and bawling my eyes out. I was diagnosed with HOCD and ROCD about 2 months ago and since it's just gotten worse. It feels as real as it can get and after talking to my girlfriend about the anxiety attack, it feels even more real. I have no desire or enjoyment from what comes from my brain, and at this point I'm on my knees begging the big man upstairs for my old life back, how do I go from being obsessed with women (sexually and emotionally) to pretty much doing a 180 overnight (with the obvious anxiety and worry behind it. No real desire obviously). I'm just at a loss, I've done a little ERP and it seemed to help with the brain fog but besides that, everything that it does to someone, I have. And again there's the doubt I even have OCD and I'm in straight denial. It just sucks.
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